Creating a new data set

Before you can edit a new sequential data set, you must allocate space for it. When you specify an empty sequential data set or nonexistent member of a partitioned data set, the first edit display contains several empty lines between the Top of Data and Bottom of Data message lines (Figure 1). The editor replaces the quote marks on the left of the panel with sequence numbers when you type information on the lines.

See Creating and replacing data and Word processing for more information on using the editor to create data.

Figure 1. Creating a new data set (ISREDDE2)

   File  Edit  Edit_Settings  Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Test  Help
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 EDIT       SBURNF.PRIVATE.DATA(EDITNEW) - 01.00            Columns 00001 00072
 ****** ***************************** Top of Data ******************************
 ==MSG> -Warning- The UNDO command is not available until you change
 ==MSG>           your edit profile using the command RECOVERY ON.
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 Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F5=Rfind     F6=Rchange   F7=Up
  F8=Down      F9=Swap     F10=Left     F11=Right    F12=Cancel